Which stablecoin hacks occurred this week?

TLDR

No confirmed stablecoin protocol hacks were reported this week. The notable incidents were a roughly $50 million address?poisoning scam involving stablecoins, detailed in a security recap, and an ongoing USDC/USDT dusting campaign on Avalanche per a social post.

1. The weeks coverage centered on fraud tactics, not breaches of major stablecoin contracts, per the report above.
2. Address poisoning led to a transfer of 49,999,950%%CKPROTECTED2%% tokens to a look?alike address in minutes, per the security recap.
3. A continuing dusting attack targeted USDC and USDT on Avalanches C?Chain, per the social post.

Deep Dive

1. No Protocol Breach

There were no mainstream reports of on?chain exploits compromising major stablecoin contracts (USDT, USDC) this week; coverage focused on user?level fraud and attack patterns.

• The headline incident was address poisoning leading to a large stablecoin loss, not a protocol hack, per the security recap.
• Social monitoring highlighted nuisance tactics like dusting, not contract compromises, per the Avalanche dusting post.

2. $50M Address?Poisoning Scam

The largest incident was a copy?paste trap where a poisoned address was inserted into a users history and later received nearly $50 million in stablecoins, per the security recap.

1. The victim sent a small test transfer correctly, then mistakenly used the look?alike address for the large move, per the report.
2. This is not a smart?contract exploit; it abuses human habits and UI history, per the report.

3. Avalanche USDC/USDT Dusting

A continuing dusting campaign targeted USDC and USDT on Avalanches C?Chain, per a social post.

1. Dusting sends tiny, unsolicited tokens to pollute histories and set up later deception (for example, address poisoning), per the post.
2. It signals adversaries probing stablecoin users on specific networks rather than breaching issuers or contracts, per the post.

Conclusion

This weeks stablecoin risk was user?level: a $50 million address?poisoning loss and an ongoing dusting campaign, not protocol hacks. The practical takeaway is tighter address verification, skepticism of unsolicited on?chain activity, and monitoring official notices before reacting to rumors.